Jo Blason – Gangnam, Shanty-Style: Life In Seoul’s Guryong Village Slum – In Pictures

Luo In-soon walks to her Guryong Village home. In 2011, residents received temporary residency cards so they could vote for the first time. Photograph: Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images

Luo In-soon walks to her Guryong Village home. In 2011, residents received temporary residency cards so they could vote for the first time. Photograph: Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images

July 2014. Guryong offers a shocking contrast to life in the rest of Seoul’s gleaming Gangnam district. A billion-dollar redevelopment plan has sparked fierce debate over what will become of its residents.

 

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